Do you know of West Baltimore ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about West Baltimore. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with West Baltimore.<1>

Our sources for West Baltimore (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of West Baltimore other than they indicate that West Baltimore would be found somewhere in Montgomery County, Ohio.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1849 and closed in 1899.

Communities Also Named West Baltimore ...

We found one communities that share the name West Baltimore.

Within Ohio, the name West Baltimore is unique.

Beyond Ohio, there is another community also named West Baltimore in the United States.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maryland
  - Baltimore City
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of West Baltimore [Baltimore City].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for West Baltimore ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about West Baltimore:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for West Baltimore - Services available: had a Post Office, Express Office, no Railroad mentioned

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

More Orphans in Montgomery County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Montgomery County.

Footnotes ...

<1>	This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
<2>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/